SmartWeld is a concurrent engineering system that
integrates product design and processing decisions within
an electronic desktop engineering environment. It is being
developed to provide designers, process engineers,
researchers and manufacturing technologists with
transparent access to the right process information, process
models, process experience and process experts, to realize
"right the first time" manufacturing. Empirical
understanding along with process models are synthesized
within a knowledge-based system to identify robust
fabrication procedures based on cost, schedule, and
performance. Integration of process simulation tools with
design tools enables the designer to assess a number of
design and process options on the computer rather than on
the manufacturing floor. Task models and generic process
models are being embedded within user friendly GUrs to
more readily enable the customer to use the SmartWeld
system and its software tool set without extensive training.
The integrated system architecture under development
provides interactive communications and shared
application capabilities across a variety of workstation and
PC-type platforms either locally or at remote sites.

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